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10 Jan 2013, 10:22

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55% (hard)

Question Stats:

40%(01:51) correct
60%(00:56) wrong based on 83 sessions

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24. The old fisherman who had a wooden leg that made an eerie sound scaring the children with it as he walked.

a) that made an eerie sound scaring the children with it as he walkedb) that made an eerie sound which scaring the children as he walkedc) it made an eerie sound scaring the children when he was walkingd) that it made a scary sound for the children while he walkse) which made an eerie sound as he walked which scared the children

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10 Jan 2013, 15:41

commdiver wrote:

This is an awful problem. Not only is E awkward, but "which" is ambiguous. On top of that, using E does not even form a sentence.

A is incorrect because it is implying that the wooden leg is scaring the children with itself. That makes no sense and is awkward.

B is incorrect because one must say "which scared" or "which is scaring". "Which scaring" is incorrect.

C is incorrect because it is awkward. Also, you cannot form a logical sentence from combing C to the non-underlined portion.

D is incorrect because it is awkward.

Rest assured, no problem like this would ever appear on the GMAT. All of those answer choices should be incorrect.

Thank you for the answer and the explanation Commdiver, I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one thinking this problem is really strange. And it is good to hear that something like that will not appear on the GMAT!

gmatclubot

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